Maxioms by Epictetus
Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak
Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak
Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.
Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to read more
Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to accept our beliefs. The same thing happens when a hot coal meets another piece of coal: it either shares its fire with it or is overwhelmed by the other`s size and is extinguished.
